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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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my grill is messed up and the previous owner painted the messed up part the wrong shade of white. what do you guys think of the all chrome ones v.s. the painted one?
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 09:27 PM
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I like the painted ones.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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I have a chrome grill. For me it depends on what else is going in in the front. I have a chrome bumper with the black cap on it. It wouldn't looked good painted. I do however really like the the lightning frontend with painted grill and bumper.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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It depends on what else you are planning on doing to the truck. If you have chrome accessories, then go with the chrome one.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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I have the chrome one, but I am pretty sure I want to paint it...
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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some time after i lift my truck im going to replace the bumper with a tubular prerunner one. any one know how much a paint job for my grill will cost?
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Paint all the way buddy! Too much chrome in a weird place. Get a chrome insert if you wanna bling it up from there. Paint it especially with that clean white! I love white paint!
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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I would paint it. Mine used to be chrome before I hit a deer and now my new one is painted and I think that it looks better.
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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Paint it... it won't cost you much...

Big'un painted his chrome grill white with spray paint from somewhere... but I'm pretty sure he got banned along with Westtn... It might of been duplicolor spray paint.
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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wont spray paint have a different finish?
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